Reconstruction of Maxillary Defect by Means of Bipedicled Forehead Flap: A Novel Surgical Technical Report.

Autor: Pathak, Harshmohan, Mishra, Sobhan, Dash, Jayant Kumar, Sahu, Sudipta, Pal, Kalyan Sundar
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology; Oct-Dec2020, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p8779-8782, 4p
Abstrakt: Forehead and temple region of act as tissue reservoir for harvesting flap for reconstruction of the orbital, periorbital and mid-face defect. Depending on requirement different kind of flap can be harvested from this region and for this sound knowledge of vascular anatomy of this region is required. Usually large free flaps are adapted to cover a large maxillectomy deformity. Here, in this case, a bi-pedicled forehead flap harvested based on frontal and parietal branch of the superficial temporal artery and was used for rehabilitation maxillectomy with external skin deformity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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